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BlockRock has made clear that it disagrees with recent decisions by index providers to exclude companies based on governance issues. Although not mentioned by BlackRock specifically, this...
In a much-anticipated decision, on October 20, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit concluded that (1) the Bankruptcy Court erred in not determining whether an efficient...
In ISS’ secondary survey results announced yesterday, the focus was primarily on compensation. We previously discussed the larger survey results here. Final policy updates that apply ...
As year-end companies begin preparing to disclose pay ratio information in their 2018 proxy statements, Glass Lewis announced that it does not intend to make the ratio a part of the proxy...
Today President Trump announced the intent to nominate two individuals to the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”): Joseph Simons (as Chairman) and Rohit Chopra. Senate confirmation hea...
On 17 October 2017, the UK Department for Business, Energy & Industry Strategy published a Green Paper setting out the UK Government’s proposals to reform and strengthen its powers to s...
We previously highlighted the increased activity and some emerging patterns in securities litigation against life sciences companies during the first half of 2017. This report, the first...
The Treasury Department’s recent report on capital markets regulation includes a robust discussion of equity market structure issues. The report does not break new ground or raise issu...
The U.S. Treasury’s new Capital Markets Report recommends additional administrative requirements for regulatory actions by the SEC and the CFTC (the “Agencies”). If adopted, the pr...
The OCC’s recent revision to its Community Reinvestment Act examination and ratings policies is a welcome first step in a long overdue and much needed rethink of how supervisors might m...